The Partnership for International Vaccine Initiatives (PIVI) at the Task Force for Global Health is developing the Roadmap for Influenza Prevention and Control to support implementation of the WHO Global Influenza Strategy, 2019-2030. The roadmap is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.
Milestone
6.2.d
Global health equity
In progress
Develop an influenza prevention and control roadmap to advance the WHO Global Influenza Strategy that addresses health equity issues, encompasses the interests of LMICs—including the need for improved seasonal influenza vaccines—and is aimed at supporting country transitions from annual vaccination programs to the use of more durable, broadly protective or universal vaccines.
Progress Highlights
Chadwick 2022 summarized WHO efforts to assess outcomes and challenges with the Technology Transfer Initiative, a program that facilitates vaccine production capacity-building in LMICs, including production of next-generation influenza vaccines.
Scarnà 2022 identified potential benefits of vaccine microarray patches in LMICs for epidemic or pandemic response.